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Central Connecticut State University was founded in 1849 as the State Normal School to train teachers. [9] It was the sixth normal school in the United States and is the oldest public university in Connecticut. [10] [11] It ran until 1867 when the school was temporarily closed due to opposition in the Connecticut General Assembly. [12]
The 2024–25 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team represents Central Connecticut State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Devils, led by forth-year head coach Patrick Sellers , play their home games at the William H. Detrick Gymnasium in New Britain, Connecticut as members of the ...
Mascot of the Central Connecticut State University athletic teams. Central's first year of competition was the 1934-35 season under coach Harrison J. Kaiser, after whom the athletic building is named. CCSU joined the NCAA Division I ranks in the 1986-87 season, marking 2020-21 as the 35th season at the Division I level.
In 2012, Hickey surpassed Hank Majlinger to become Central Connecticut's winningest coach. In 2013, he won his 500th career game. In 2013, he won his 500th career game. In 2014, multiple Blue Devils were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft for the first time in his tenure at CCSU– pitcher Nick Neumann was taken by the Pirates , and ...
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Central Connecticut State University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies.
Central Connecticut began play in 1971. They played in Division II from 1971-1986. As of the end of the 2015-16 season, the Blue Devils have an all-time record of 467-673.
Although significant non-degree honors have historically been awarded by the institution, honorary doctorates were not conferred until after Central Connecticut State College was renamed Central Connecticut State University in 1983. U.S. President Jimmy Carter became the first recipient on April 16, 1985, [2] receiving a Doctor of Humane Letters.
Central Connecticut is the oldest public institution of higher education in Connecticut. It was established in 1849 as a "normal school", an institution whose sole purpose was to train teachers. The three other CSU institutions also were established as normal schools: Eastern Connecticut in 1889, Southern Connecticut State University in 1893 ...